I seem to recall a part from my 1950¹s Gilbert Erector Set: a brass
sleeve with two threaded holes used for joining two 1/8 inch (c. 2.5-3 mm)
rods end-to-end. A butt joiner (not being rude!)?? Of course only one hole
would be needed. I wonder if a serious hobby shop would carry such parts
for building model engines and that sort of thing.
This style of capo sounds like it would be worth my trying for the
little space it takes up. I guess if it does touch anything, you¹ve got a
double trompette!
Regards,
Leonard
On 9/25/10 5:04 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Wow, I should have reread this. Sorry for the poor spelling and missing
> letters.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 1:59 pm
> Subject: Re: [HG-new] harp sharping levers as trompette drapeaus
>
> They are weights that pinch onto the string and capo the string by vutue of
> position. It hangs freely on the string and should not touch anything. I am
> not sure if you can get these specific capos an more but I assume (maybe I'm
> wrong) that there are similar capos out there.
>
> It turns out they were made by Dick Dunn (who is no long with us) and may have
> gotten the idea from Chris Eaton. I am not sure if they are still available.
> If anyone can contact Chris about them he may be able to enlighten us about
> his part, if any, in their design.
>
> They are a bit of a pain to get on and they reduce the overall string length
> by a bit, but once on, they work great and can be placed in any number of
> postions. Basically it is a sliding capo.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leonard Williams <[email protected]>
> To: Hurdy-Gurdy List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sat, Sep 25, 2010 12:24 pm
> Subject: Re: [HG-new] harp sharping levers as trompette drapeaus
>
> Scott--
> This capo looks pretty simple, but I can¹t tell from the picture just
> how it works. Does it clamp directly onto the string, to damp the frequency
> (by virtue of its mass) depending on its position? Or does it (while clamped
> on) rest against something in order to stop the string at a given point?
> Where can these be obtained, or how made?
>
> Thanks!
> Leonard Williams
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>
> On 9/24/10 6:31 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> there are different clip on capos (clothes pin can be a capo if need be) but
>> the capo on the Hubbard is a sliding capo that you put on the string when you
>> install it. and it looks like this:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 2:27 pm
>> Subject: Re: [HG-new] harp sharping levers as trompette drapeaus
>>
>> of the clip-on capo / sliding capo you mentioned
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Of the capo or the harp lever?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 1:31 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [HG-new] harp sharping levers as trompette drapeaus
>>>
>>> does anyone have a picture?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Mitch,
>>>>
>>>> Have you thought of just using a clip on capo or a sliding capo like
>>>> Michael Hubbard used to make (I think it was him). RT has one on the
>>>> Hubbard luteback and it seems to work great. You will have to mark the
>>>> string so you know where to put it the second time but it is an easy fix.
>>>> No body additions needed.
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:16 am
>>>> Subject: Re: [HG-new] harp sharping levers as trompette drapeaus
>>>>
>>>> My question here is whether it's better to have the sharping lever press
>>>> the trompette down towards the soundboard, or in towards the keybox. The
>>>> former would displace the string along the wheel surface, the latter would
>>>> press it down tighter against the wheel. Or does this matter?
>>>>
>>>> Mitch
>>>>
>>>> [email protected] writes:
>>>>> On my instrument, the trompette string is about 1-1/2" from the side of
>>>>> the keybox. So that would be a pretty thick spacing block, wouldn't it? I
>>>>> suppose another option would be to mount a smaller block on the soundboard
>>>>> with vertical screws, then mount the sharping lever assembly on the side
>>>>> of that.
>>>>>
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